Button



July 1935. w. c4 ANDERSON BUTTON Filed Nov. 5, 1934 Patented July 9, 1935 ,ses

, l BUTTON v l Warren C. Anderson, Belmont, Mass., assigner fto United-Carr Fastener Corporation, Cain# bridge,V Mass., a corporation of lvlassachnset-ts vApplication. November 5,

6 Claims. (Cl. 2li-90) My invention relates to a novel ornament, button or the like made from a Vegetable nut and the like. p

In the drawing, which illustrates preferred j forms of my inventionz-f Figure 1 is a side View Yof a button formed from a whole castana; 1

Fig. 2 is a side view of a button made from a black walnut;V

Fig. 3 is a button made from a Whole pecan;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; i D

Fig. 5 is a side viewof a button made from a portion of the shell of a black walnut;l

' Fig. 6 is a back view of thelbutton slfiown'in` Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a section` taken on the line 'l-l of rig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a side viewof a button incorporating the cup of an acorn; and

Fig. 9 is a back view of the button shown in Fig. 8. 1

As shown bythe drawing, the spirit of my invention may be'embodied in several forms. The rst of these forms is that of the complete nut as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3. The button shown l in Fig. l is made by first grinding or otherwise Smoothing the ridges, as at l, cleaning the nut, and then polishing it with wax or other suitable polishing material. final step is the fixing of the attaching member, which is Ypreferably in the form of a screw-eye E, and a cap 3. k

The treatment of Vthe blaclrwalnut, as illus trated in Figs. 2 and 4, is slightly different. The nut is first subjected to a sand blasting operation to remove any foreign matter that may have collected in the grooves i of the nut. The ridges 5 are then smoothed. on an emery wheel, or by otherV means, untilv they present substantially smooth, flat, ridge-like surfaces. The but-ton is then polished, or dyed and polished; and when completed presents a very striking appearance, since the ridges 5 remain light under polishing, while the grooves 4 take on a dark color.

The button in Fig. 3 is made from a pecan,` and having a naturally smooth shell requires only a small amount of sanding or builing to removeY whatever roughness it mayhave; This type of button will take a high polish after it has been smoothed down properly. 'It is also'provided with an attaching member for sewing it to a garn ment and the'like. v

Having described forms of my invention requiring the use of substantially a whole nut, I shall now proceed with an account of those 1934, serial Noyvsnsci forms whichV comprise only the shell or a part thereof. The buttonshown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 isVV formed from a black walnut, such as the one used in Fig.V 2. I'he nut is first cleaned and smoothed down as described above, and then cut in half, preferably along the natural divide between the two halves of the nut shell. The nut will then present an appearance somewhat as shown in Fig; 6. The next step is to remove the meat from the shell and fill up the cavity thus formed with a plastic `material 6, which subsequently hardens.

That face of the nut is then sanded to a smooth flat surface and the vwhole polished as above. The attaching member is then inserted at the proper point, preferablyin a part of the shell itself.

A'still furtherY form of my invention is made from the outer shell or cup of a common acorn. As shown in Fig. 8, the stem is removed from the cup as at'landthe rim 8 is made even and smooth. The cup is then lled with plastic material, which adheres to the inside of the cup and forms a support for the attaching member as shown in Fig. 9.

I Vhave found that buttons made as described above are very durable; will take practically any degree of polish; and are exceptionally attractive when applied to garments of leather and the rougher fabrics. Besides being used for buttons, these devices make excellent ornaments for collars of coats and the like when a pair of them are attached to the ends of a chain or cord. They are also useful as ear ornaments, watch-fobs, and in fact may be used wherever a decorative and durable ornament of this type is desired.

While I have illustrated and described preferred forms of my invention, I do not wish to be limited thereby, as the scope of my invention is best dened by the following claims.

l. A device of the class described comprising a shell-of a vegetable nut, a filling for said shell composed at least in part of a self-hardening plastic material, and an attaching member secured to said shell.

2. A button of the class described comprising, in combination, a cup-like portion of the shell of a vegetable nut,la filling material filling the interior cavities of said cupflike portion, and an attaching member secured to that face of the button at which the fillingmaterial is inserted.

Y3. A button of the class described comprising a cup-like portion of the shell of a vegetable nut, a

lling material .filling the interior cavityof said attaching member secured to one face of said butn ton for the purpose described.

4. A button device of the class described comprising a naturally grown nut member of the vegetable nut family, said nut having a cavity therein, a. filling material within at least a part of said cavity, and an attaching member secured in said filling material and providing means by which the device is connected to a member to be buttoned.

5. A button of the class described comprising, in combination, a cup-like portion of the shell of a black walnut, a lling material filling the interior cavities of said cup-like portion and forming a relatively smooth surface coplanar with the rim of said cup-like portion, an attaching member secured to said smooth face and presenting an eye protruding therefrom for the purpose described, and the ridges in the outer surface of the said cuplike portion being reduced to substantial smoothness and polished.

6. A device of the class described comprising, in combination, the cup-like portion of the outer shell of an acorn, the rim of said cup being so cut as to be substantially smoooth, a filling material filling the cavity of said cup and presenting a surface flush with the said rim thereof, and an attaching member secured to that face of said device formed by said filling material.

WARREN C. ANDERSON. 

